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Enhancing Spelling Success: The Sound Waves Literacy Journey at Bayside Christian College

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Bayside Christian College wanted to implement a comprehensive spelling program equipped with user-friendly resources and supported by professional development. Luckily, their search led them to discover Sound Waves Literacy.
Game on! Six engaging Sound Waves Playing Card games

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Have you heard about our Sound Waves Playing Cards? Perfect for any Sound Waves classroom, these special cards are designed to help students consolidate their understanding of phoneme–grapheme relationships through engaging whole-class and small group games!
How to prepare your classroom for Decodable Readers

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If you’ve recently made the switch from levelled texts to Decodable Readers, you may be wondering how you can organise these books. Here are our tips for setting up your classroom for reading success!
What's so special about Sound Waves Special Words?

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Special Words are high-frequency words containing unusual phoneme–grapheme relationships (e.g. was, said), or words containing phoneme–grapheme relationships not yet taught in the sequence (e.g. look, for).
What is orthographic mapping and why is it important?

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Have you ever wondered how expert readers can automatically and effortlessly recognise words?
Extend and support students with Sound Waves Decodable Readers

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Every classroom has a wide range of students who experience success at different paces. Some students seem to easily fly ahead while others require additional practice to master skills. This is a challenge when teaching early reading and spelling, and…
How do we learn to read?

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Is learning to read simple? The Simple View of Reading* outlines the abilities readers need to understand and construct meaning from a text as:
How to use Sound Waves Decodable Readers

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Whether you’re currently using Sound Waves Decodable Readers in your classroom or interested to learn more – there are a number of ways you can use the Decodable Readers with students.
Finding the perfect font for Sound Waves Decodable Readers

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Finding a font that had everything for the Sound Waves Decodable Readers was like finding a needle in a haystack. Our authors sifted through nearly 1,400 different fonts before they found the right one for the job.